Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Clerc Center)

The Clerc Center supports professionals and families through the dissemination of resources, training, and evidence-based information in the areas of professional development, family-school partnerships, and national collaborations to meet the linguistic, educational, and social-emotional needs of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth through high school. Priority Areas Professional Development - Support the needs of professionals by addressing gaps in their knowledge and facilitating the growth of necessary skills to meet the linguistic, academic, and social-emotional development and achievement of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to 21 years of age. Family-School/Agency Partnerships - Promote the use of proactive partnerships between families and professionals at schools and/or in programs to effectively meet the linguistic, educational, and social-emotional needs of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to 21 years of age. Collaboration - Facilitate the recognition that productive collaborations among organizations at the national and state level are essential to effectively meet the linguistic, educational, and social-emotional needs of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to 21 years of age.